Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Gen Ehsanul Haq said there is nothing wrong with our spy agencies it is only that we need to address our internal fault lines.
He was addressing as the chief guest at the launching ceremony of a memoir titled “Caught in the Crossfire: The Inside Story of Pakistan’s Secret Services” by former ISI operative, Brig (R) Naseem Akhtar Khan at Islamabad Club the other day.
“The book provides us a glimpse of those fault lines also. The book would serve as guiding document for the readers giving them a better and broader perspective of the ISI and other secret agencies of the country,” said Gen Ehsan.
It is to be noted that Naseem, the author, has spent more than two decades in the ISI (in total almost four decades (1969-2010) in the armed forces) serving on different important positions and undertaking high profile missions.
Gen Amjad Soaib said ‘Caught in the Crossfire’ is a thoughtful story full of interesting anecdote, reflecting on regional turmoil and its dramatic outbursts that have profoundly shaped not only Pakistan’s national stability but also the broader global security outlook.
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“My time in ISI coincided with historic developments in security paradigm. Among those developments were Russian Invasion of Afghanistan (1979 to 1989), the Afghan civil war (1992-2001), and the aftermath of 9/11 which completely altered international security norms, particularly in South East Asia,” said the author.
Former Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Abbas Khattak, former DG ISI Lt Gen (R) Asad Durrani, former Director Military Operations and noted defence analyst Lt Gen (R) Amjad Shoaib, leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, former Senator Farhat Ullah Babar, Amb (R) Salahuddin, former Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Balochistan Assembly and President of the PML-Q Women WingAmna Khanam were among the noted guests.
The book is published by Pen & Sword Books (UK) and marketed by Casemate Publishers (USA) while it is also available on Amazon.com.
In Pakistan, it has been reprinted by Vanguard Books and is available at all leading bookstores.
